On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:32 AM, ATusler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: []
> I must admit I worry about being co-opted by corporate entities. I've It's a high quality problem. > been a part of, and helped organize a number of different social and > political movements over the past 40 years. I'm continually surprised > at how quickly and effectively money-making entities, helped by > national media, are able to dilute and capitalize on our vision and > work. The silver lining is that the world changes a little bit for the > better when it happens. Yes, it does. It's too easy to sneer at this process, but it's very difficult to mobilize people without making sure they can pay the rent. And that requires lots of really boring stuff like handling taxes, licenses, insurance and all the other accoutrements of success. > Let's see how Time or Newsweek portray coworking. That used to be the > bellwether for co-option. Now it's probably ABC/CBS/NBC nightly news. I've been waiting 30 years for this: http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,1101080324,00.html > It's fun and worthwhile no matter how it goes. I'm impressed that much > of the vision gets understood in these news stories. It's a good sign > for the future. It *is* a good sign for the future. Once coworking has been "diluted" and "capitalized" coworking pioneers will undoubtedly be moving on to something equally relevant, with as much potential to influence culture to the better. I certainly have no doubt about this. > > Anthony > > On Mar 31, 12:58 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > for those of you who missed it, CNN did a piece on coworking today. > > the female anchor did a great job describing coworking. her co-anchor > > likened coworking to frat boys with a big bong listening to led > > zeppelin. > > > > julie blogged about it here-- there's a link to the video: > > > > http://blog.launchpadcoworking.com/2008/03/31/coworking-as-breaking-n... > > > > spikewww.launchpadcoworking.com > > > > > -- http://tinobox.org/wordpress/ linkedin, facebook, twitter, etc. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
